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Cultural Revolution Begins |
In Search
of the Messiah
From
the portals of Shangri-La to the
entrance of Shamballah--the Al-Tai Republic revisited
by Mother
Tynnetta Muhammad
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"Praise be to Allah! Who
revealed the Book to His servant, and allowed not therein any
crookedness, Rightly directing, to give warning of severe punishment
from Him and to give good news to the believers who do good that
theirs is a goodly reward, Staying in it forever."
Holy Qur'an, Surah 18, verses 1-3
THE GOLDEN TAPESTRY OF TIME
Where is this place of magical space, where the
beauty of nature abounds?
Where Pine and Cedar, fir and birch trees scatter
their abundant wealth
Through a shimmering landscape betwixt heaven and
sky opening their doors to earth,
Where ancient cosmologies come to birth carried
through lands and climes,
Through oral traditions recited from the stars
embedded in the golden tapestry of time.
From polar caps, an entrance is made from
star-maps remembered by the tribes,
Landing on crystal lakes and flowering fields
surrounded by forests and hills.
Our Saviour walked these many lands measuring
everything in His Mighty Hands;
From Arctic to Antarctic poles passing through
Siberia\rquote s Northern climes,
To vast deserts of Mongolian shores, measuring
lakes and mountains and islands galore; Swept by volcanic rock,
sprinkled with vapor and howling winds.
The pearl and heart-beat of Altai, recounts her
exalted majesty and ascent;
Holding her secrets intact soar the indigenous
wayfarers in her caravan tracts;
A wondrous place, an exotic fairy land, a virtual
Paradise of rivers and bubbling springs,
Caressing sweeping valleys of carpeted floral
stairs,
With raspberries and strawberries growing on the
vines,
Where the nectar of pure honey drips from the wax
of bees,
And pure rivers of milk where clean fattened cows
abide, while riders on stallions appear,
Riding through plush meadows of liquid milk,
honey and wine.
The Native Faces meander with those of Russian
stock
All clans, families and tribes like children
woven into the golden tapestry of time.
Having seen and experienced such natural beauty,
I knew instinctively that we had entered an interdimensional portal
connecting heaven and earth, described by traditional lore as both
Shangri-La and Shamballah, the experience that enters into the heart
of a True Believer in their quest for God. This is a world untouched
by artificial hands or disturbing thoughts, where there is no leader
or guide, only God's Face dwells in this place of such perfect
harmony, love and grace; where the seeds of true visions are sown and
reaped with a gentle reply. Imagine 92,600 kilometers of land
undefiled, without industrial wastes or contaminants, eating from the
land what the land produces of fresh vegetables, fruits and herbs, all
natural wheat and grain products and natural unpolluted milk and dairy
products made fresh daily while drinking fresh spring water gushing
from the mountains and sparkling pebbled stone of various hues.
While I was preparing this second in the current
series on my visit to Al-Tai-Himalaya, I received my first fax since
returning home from Jose and Lloydine Arguelles containing a letter
written to the Minister of Culture of the Autonomous Republic of
Al-Tai, Elizaveta Chankushevna Yalbakova, a wonderfully impressive
woman of great musical talent and diplomatic prudence. This letter
(copy) was sent to both Sister Rosalind Muhammad and myself,
expressing our heartfelt thanks and gratitude for having been received
by the selected Government Officials, which included the Deputy
Speaker of Parliament, Deputy Minister of Culture, The Vice-President
and the staff of the National Art Museum, as well as by a host of
other dignitaries, teachers and scientists who made our journey to
this Sacred Land unforgettable and memorable. In keeping with the
subject of this article, I wish to quote the closing sentence of their
letter which reads as follows: "We are proud to say, "Shambhala exists
in the hearts of the people of Altai!" Let us endeavor to preserve
and extend this knowledge to the whole planet while there is time!"
When we first met the Minister of Culture, it was
during the opening ceremony in which we were received formally in the
Native Al-Tai tradition in an outdoor area near the beautiful Katun
River surrounded by forests and verdant hills. As we entered the
sacred circle, she was the first to approach us dressed in a
beautifully ornamented garment accompanied by a host of distinguished
women and elders all clad in their national dress. We were offered the
traditional fermented milk in a beautifully designed ceramic dish.
This was followed by words of welcome with song and poetry by our
host. We were then each given a traditional satin sash to tie around
our waist which symbolizes the uniting and bonding of love and
friendship between us.
I experienced a memory flashback to the Muslim
Sister and Family we met in Siberia in 1998 during Minister
Farrakhan's World Friendship Tour III, where we were also accompanied
by the Grand Mufti of Siberia, whose picture appears in one of our
colorful collection of Books on Siberia and the Al-Tai Region. These
beautiful books were later presented to us as Gifts from the Culture
Ministry prior to our departure. The total period of our stay in this
wondrous region lasted 19 days. We have all been invited to return the
next time, God Willing, to cross over the Al-Tai mountains into
Mongolia. It was made very clear at the end of our journey that Al-Tai
and Mongolia are one, by its similar people and in its culture, and
mystical and spiritual concepts, interlocking visions and goals to
achieve in the future.
We learned much about our original people,
through the Cosmology presented by the Shamans or Priests who keep
the chronological descent of their tribes, and the migratory roots of
these original clans and tribes which is made up of Tatars, Cossacks,
Huns, The Mongols of Ghengis Khan down to Kublai Khan exhibiting
strong ancestral ties to various Turkish Tribes which dominated this
entire region all the way westward to the Gilgit Pass, north of
Pakistan into Afghanistan, to Hunza, the fabled Himalayan Shangri-La.
This area stretches all the way through Turkistan and includes all
of Central Asia to Sinkiang Provence in China. These various tribes
spread out in all directions forming the great migratory movement east
and west, north and south passing through the Bering Straits, in some
instances traveled by many of our Native American ancestors and
making up many of the tribal peoples located in both Central and South
America, including the Carib Indians of the West Indies and those of
the South Pacific Islanders. Then we sweep back across the Pacific to
include Japan, China, Korea and Southeast Asia. This is a rich land
and a rich cultural inheritance revealing the secret of the Al-Tai we
have never known.
To be continued
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